Sometimes even i couldnt connect 2 MSN earlier when iu had an old connection n when i used 2 dnload something..ie in an UN-IDLE state.Check it out.
In such cases i use Indiatimes Messenger
I use Gaim n Trillian as an alternative… though Gaim is my all time fav, pretty gud, light n fast, less resource hoggin, or may b u can even try the webmessenger of msn.
Ok tried Gaim but had some probs with my Win98 , currently using Instant Messanger 2.
But still no luck with Hotmail login in messanger.
Seems there is some probs with MSN.
i got a prob with msn too… its like.. i sign in to msn.. that is the others can see that im signed in.. but in my msn window it still shows its connecting..damn.. i dunno why this happens... so i gotta keep retrying until i can see all my damn contacts... idunno why this happens.. it didnt happen on my old comp.. its really frustrating.. though..